独どく占せん

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独占する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	独どく占せんする	独どく占せんしない
Polite	独どく占せんします	独どく占せんしません
Past polite	独どく占せんしました	独どく占せんしませんでした
Past	独どく占せんした	独どく占せんしなかった
Te-form	独どく占せんして	独どく占せんしないで
Desire	独どく占せんしたい	独どく占せんしたくない
Potential	独どく占せんできる	独どく占せんできない
Passive	独どく占せんされる	独どく占せんされない
Causative	独どく占せんさせる	独どく占せんさせない
Causative passive	独どく占せんさせられる	独どく占せんさせられない
Volitional	独どく占せんしよう
Polite volitional	独どく占せんしましょう
Imperative	独どく占せんしろ	独どく占せんするな
Conditional	独どく占せんすれば	独どく占せんしなければ
Tara conditional	独どく占せんしたら	独どく占せんしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity

Refers to exclusive control over a market, resource, or right, often in economic or legal contexts.

その会かい社しゃは市し場じょうを独どく占せんしている。
That company monopolizes the market.
独どく占せん禁きん止し法ほうは公こう正せいな競きょう争そうを守まもるためにある。
The Antimonopoly Act exists to protect fair competition.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

hogging; keeping to oneself

Informal use for taking something all for oneself, not sharing, or dominating a conversation or resource.

彼かれはいつも会かい議ぎで発はつ言げんを独どく占せんする。
He always monopolizes the conversation in meetings.
弟おとうとがテレビを独どく占せんして、誰だれにも見みせてくれない。
My younger brother hogs the TV and won't let anyone else watch.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を独どく占せんするto monopolize something (a market, resource, right)
その企き業ぎょうは国こく内ない市し場じょうを独どく占せんしている。
That company monopolizes the domestic market.
話はなしを独どく占せんするto dominate a conversation, not letting others speak
彼かれはいつも会かい話わを独どく占せんしてしまう。
He always ends up hogging the conversation.
〈場ば所しょ〉を独どく占せんするto hog a place or space for oneself
彼かれは電でん車しゃの座ざ席せきを独どく占せんして寝ねていた。
He hogged a whole train seat, sleeping across it.
独どく占せん的てきに〈動どう詞し〉to do something exclusively or in a monopolistic way
その会かい社しゃは新しん技ぎ術じゅつを独どく占せん的てきに販はん売ばいしている。
The company sells the new technology exclusively.

Kanji

独single, alone, spontaneously
占fortune-telling, divining, forecasting

Related words· 13

専せん有ゆう sense 1
専有 focuses on exclusive possession or occupancy of physical space or property, while 独占 emphasizes controlling a market or resource as a whole.
独ひとり占じめN1sense 2
独り占め is the casual, everyday word for keeping something all to yourself, while 独占 sounds more formal and is also used in economic contexts.
寡か占せん sense 1
寡占 means a small number of firms control a market (oligopoly), whereas 独占 means a single entity has total control (monopoly).
独どく占せん欲よくN1
独占 refers to the act of monopolizing something exclusively, while 独占欲 refers to the underlying psychological desire to do so.

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さらうN1
独占する is a neutral, businesslike word for monopolizing something, while 攫う (sense 2) has a more colorful, almost greedy nuance of scooping it all up.
専せん売ばい
独占 is the general word for having exclusive control or a monopoly over anything, while 専売 specifically refers to exclusive rights to sell a product.
カルテル
独占 means a single firm monopolizing a market, whereas カルテル involves multiple firms colluding together.
買かい占しめ
独占 refers broadly to monopolizing control over something, whereas 買い占め specifically describes achieving that control through mass purchasing.
買かい占しめるN1
独占する is monopolizing something broadly (markets, rights, attention), whereas 買い占める refers specifically to buying up physical goods or stock.
専せん用ようN1
専用 describes something set aside for exclusive use, while 独占 emphasizes monopolizing or possessing something to the exclusion of others, often in a competitive or commercial sense.
席せっ巻けん
独占 describes the resulting state of exclusive possession or monopoly, whereas 席巻 focuses on the dynamic process of sweeping across and overwhelming a field.
占せん有ゆう
独占 stresses monopolizing something so no one else can access it, while 占有 simply means holding or controlling it, exclusively or not.
排はい他た
排他 focuses on shutting others out, while 独占 focuses on gaining sole possession or control of something.

Opposites

共きょう有ゆうN1sense 2
共有 means sharing something jointly, the opposite of 独占's sense of hogging something all for oneself.
シェア
シェア means sharing something with others, while 独占 means keeping something exclusively to oneself, such as monopolizing a market.
分ぶん担たんN1
独占 means to monopolize or keep something entirely for oneself, the opposite of 分担, which means sharing tasks or costs among several people.

Don't confuse with

独どく善ぜん
独善 (self-righteousness) shares the kanji 独 with 独占 but means believing only oneself is right, not controlling or hogging a resource.
寡か占せん
独占 means monopoly by a single firm, while 寡占 means oligopoly, control by a small group of firms.

Word family· 21

独どく占せん欲よくN1
possessiveness; desire to monopolize; desire for control
半はん独どく占せん
semi-monopoly; quasi-monopoly
独どく占せん権けん
exclusive right; sole right
独どく占せん的てき
monopolistic; exclusive
双そう方ほう独どく占せん
bilateral monopoly

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国こっ家か独どく占せん
state monopoly
売うり手て独どく占せん
seller's monopoly
独どく占せん事じ業ぎょう
monopoly; monopolistic enterprise
独どく占せん企き業ぎょう
monopoly enterprise; monopoly business
独どく占せん会かい見けん
exclusive interview

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Etymology

Compound of 独 (alone, single) and 占 (occupy, hold). The combination conveys the idea of occupying something exclusively.